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This week we continue with part two in our series on how religious groups, other non-profits or community groups can use the computer and the Internet to better run their organizations.

In our final installment of our three part series on technology and the church, we continue to tell you about how churches, other non-profits or community groups can use computers and the Internet to better run their organizations.

The big topic of discussion was the future of the economy and lots of optimism comes from the tech industry experts about opportunities for growth now that the economy has hit bottom.

In part two of our coverage of the European Technology Roundtable and Exhibition in Rome, we start off with the telecom meltdown and why you still can't get low-cost broadband connections to the Internet.

"I told you so." In 2001, Silicon Valley experts doubted that Carly Fiorina's plan for HP to acquire Compaq would work. See their comments in this special program covering the European Technology Roundtable and Exhibition in Rome.

In our final show on the European Technology Roundtable and Exhibition in Rome we wrap up what leaders in the technology field envision for the future.

A look at how computer technology is changing medical research and medical practice.

We get down to the fundamentals of how to buy and install a web cam and the associated software in this episode of Computer Chronicles. [Episode #1919, First broadcast: 01/22/2001] Larry Magid, syndicated columnist for the LA Times, begins by giving us a lesson on the hardware basics of web cams. He introduces us to web cams from Logitech and Creative Labs plus tells us what we can expect in various applications of web cams. Lisa Pollock then unveils new features from Yahoo! that utilizes web cam technologies. She shows us how you can connect with friends and families with web cams and Yahoo! instant messenger watching each other while you have a conversation. You can also add audio so you can do PC-to-PC voice chat. And, Pollock also explains how the newest element to Yahoo! email easily attaches a piece of video to an email using a video composer feature. We also get a tour through some of the current web cam sites on the Internet with Betsy Malloy from About.com. She shows us some of the more whimsical sites like Peter's and Debbie's cam attached to their car and some of the more useful ones such as travel and weather cams. http://archive.org/details/EasyWebC2001

The new features of Windows XP are demonstrated and compared against Mac OS X. Also introduced are Apple's new iPod and iBook, as well as Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 and Xbox.

In this second half of a special series, Computer Chronicles continues to reveal the high-tech innovations that were behind the gold winning technology performance at the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

The guests present methods to protect against spyware and spam, your email's notorious enemy.